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    Assessment of crime and violence in Mozambique and recommendations for violence prevention and reduction

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012
    Mozambique also suffers from country specific crime challenges. For example, levels are burglary and livestock theft are ranked highest in all of Africa with 13% and 19% of respondents respectively reporting victimisation.
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    Consolidating SADC’s regional integration: the governance of the security sector

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012
    The Southern African region faces the major challenge of combining the principles ofdemocracy and the creation of democratic institutions with the pragmatic decisions required in implementing reforms in the security sectors of Southern African Development Community (SADC) member countries.
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    Lesotho political participation and democracy

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    After the introduction of the Mixed Member Proportional (MMP) electoral system in 2002, however, Lesotho has experienced unprecedented levels of political stability. The country has attained a remarkable and peaceful alternation of power and the establishment of a democratically elected coalition government – a rarity not only in Lesotho, but also on the African continent as a whole.
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    Lesotho justice sector and the rule of law

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    The justice sector and the rule of law in Lesotho are critical to the attainment of the country’s development goals. However, the contribution that the justice sector and the rule of law can make in practice depends on the legitimacy, effectiveness and efficiency of the norms, mechanisms and processes involved in the delivery of justice and in promotion of the rule of law.
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    Prospects for improved debt management in Zimbabwe’s draft constitution

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012
    The on-going constitutional reform process in Zimbabwe, which was a key component of the 2008 Global Political Agreement (GPA), has opened up immense opportunities for the country to create a new framework for sound economic management.
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    Historic step towards equality for Swazi women: an analysis of Mary-Joyce Doo Aphane v the Registrar of Deeds

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2012
    There is nothing extraordinary about Mary-Joyce Doo Aphane. Nor is there anything extraordinary – in most countries – about her desire to register a newly-bought property in both her and her husband’s names. What is extraordinary is that she still couldn’t do that in Swaziland in the 21st century, despite being married in community of property.
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    The long wait for justice in Swaziland: a feminist analysis of the David Simelane serial murder case

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    In Swaziland, the slow pace of the judicial process is a reality that citizens have long since grown accustomed to. The system is riddled with delays and there is always a lengthy backlog of un-heard cases on the High Court roll. However, delays usually occur once the accused is charged – not before the trial has even begun.
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    Pre-trial detention custody time limits: ensuring compliance in Malawi

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    Many pre-trial detainees in Malawi will spend months or even years in detention – without being tried or found guilty.
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    Governance assistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Options for European Union engagement

    Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, 2013
    The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is in the international spotlight again as a Rwandan-backed rebellion in the east has caused a security and humanitarian crisis. While this represents an immediate problem, deeper and protracted issues have contributed to the crisis that relate to the consistent neglect of governance reforms.
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    The G-20 and development: ensuring greater African participation

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    Although South Africa is the only African permanent member of the G-20 group of major economies, the G-20 regularly invites the chair of the African Union (AU) and a representative of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) – usually the chair of the Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee – to attend its meetings.

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